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Saint Casimir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (359 words) |
 | Saint Casimir Jagiełło, prince of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania was born in 1458 at the royal palace in Kraków. |
| Casimir was the grandson of Vladislaus II Jagiello and was the second son of king Casimir IV and queen Elizabeth of Austria. |
| Casimir, who was eager to defend the Cross against the Turks, accepted the call and went to Hungary to receive the crown. |
| CASIMIR III. - LoveToKnow Article on CASIMIR III. (997 words) |
| Casimir belongs to that remarkable group of late medieval sovereigns who may be called the fathers of modern diplomacy, inasmuch as they relegated warfare to its proper place as the instrument of politics, and preferred the councilchamber to the battle-field. |
| In his youth Casimir was considered frivolous and licentious; while his sudden flight from the field of Plowce, the scene of his fathers great victory over the Teutonic knights, argued but poorly for his personal courage. |
| Fortunately Casimir was a mini of npnptrstin,i c~eniiis T-Tis fiitlier hsd hp~n ii 1,prn whri trusted entirely to his sword, yet the heroic struggle of a lifetime bad barely sufficed to keep at bay the numerous and potent foes with which Poland was environed. |
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